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2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

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2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
Big East regular season co-champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig East
Record24–10 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAl McGuire Center
Seasons
2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
DePaul 15 3   .833 27 8   .771
Marquette 15 3   .833 24 10   .706
Villanova 12 6   .667 23 9   .719
Creighton 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
St. John's 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
Georgetown 9 9   .500 16 16   .500
Seton Hall 7 11   .389 16 16   .500
Butler 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
Xavier 3 15   .167 10 20   .333
Providence 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
2018 Big East tournament winner
As of 25 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

Previous season

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They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they got upset by Quinnipiac in the first round.

Roster

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2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Tori McCoy Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So St. Thomas More
Ohio State
Champaign, IL
G 1 Danielle King 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Bloom Township Chicago, IL
G 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Green Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI
F 10 Sandra Dahling 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Soina Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
G 11 Allazia Blockton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Dominican Milwaukee, WI
F 12 Erika Davenport 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Clarkston Clarkston, MI
G 13 Olivia Moskari 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Makelanrinteen Lukio Helsinki, Finland
G 15 Amani Wilborn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Riverside University Milwaukee, WI
F 20 Altia Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Woodbridge Bridgeville, DE
G 24 Selena Lott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Columbia East Greenbush, NY
G 30 Isabelle Spingola 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Whitney Young Chicago, IL
C 31 Shantelle Valentine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr St. Roch Toronto, ON
F 35 Myriama Smith Traore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Whitewater Whitewater, WI
G 42 Lauren Van Kleunen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Mason Mason, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 21, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2017*
1:00 pm
No. 17 Minnesota State W 78–75 
Al McGuire Center 
Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2017*
8:00 pm
No. 16 at New Mexico L 87–88  0–1
Dreamstyle Arena (4,169)
Albuquerque, NM
11/19/2017*
3:00 pm
No. 16 Loyola (MD) W 83–63  1–1
Al McGuire Center (806)
Milwaukee, WI
11/23/2017*
5:30 pm
No. 20 vs. No. 12 Tennessee
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division
L 99–101 OT 1–2
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982)
Cancún, Mexico
11/24/2017*
8:00 pm
No. 20 vs. Montana
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division
W 87–68  2–2
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982)
Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2017*
11:30 am
No. 23 Loyola–Chicago W 92–30  3–2
Al McGuire Center (3,700)
Milwaukee, WI
12/04/2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 23 at Green Bay L 55–63  3–3
Kress Events Center (2,865)
Green Bay, WI
12/04/2017*
7:00 pm
Wisconsin W 88–65  4–3
Al McGuire Center (2,865)
Milwaukee, WI
12/07/2017*
6:00 pm
at No. 24 Michigan L 76–82  4–4
Crisler Center (1,962)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/10/2017*
3:00 pm
Army W 83–53  5–4
Al McGuire Center (1,219)
Milwaukee, WI
12/17/2017*
4:00 pm, FSWI
at Milwaukee W 83–68  6–4
Klotsche Center (874)
Milwaukee, WI
12/20/2017*
2:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 2 Notre Dame L 85–91 OT 6–5
Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,456)
South Bend, IN
Big East regular season
12/28/2017
7:30 pm, FS2
St. John's W 74–72 OT 7–5 (1–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,479)
Milwaukee, WI
12/30/2017
7:30 pm, BEDN
Seton Hall W 74–72  8–5 (2–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,392)
Milwaukee, WI
01/04/2018
7:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI
DePaul W 93–81  9–5 (3–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,626)
Milwaukee, WI
01/07/2018
1:00 pm, FS2
at Creighton W 92–77  10–5 (4–0)
D. J. Sokol Arena (1,109)
Omaha, NE
01/10/2018
6:00 pm, BEDN
at Providence W 77–60  11–5 (5–0)
Alumni Hall (257)
Providence, RI
01/12/2018
7:00 pm, BEDN
Butler W 69–67  12–5 (6–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,707)
Milwaukee, WI
01/14/2018
2:00 pm, BEDN
Xavier W 88–67  13–5 (7–0)
Al McGuire Center (2,003)
Milwaukee, WI
01/19/2018
6:00 pm, BEDN
at Georgetown L 58–85  13–6 (7–1)
McDonough Gymnasium (877)
Washington, D.C.
01/21/2018
11:00 am, FS1
at Villanova W 67–57  14–6 (8–1)
Jake Nevin Field House (701)
Villanova, PA
01/29/2018
8:00 pm, FS1
at DePaul L 83–95  14–7 (8–2)
McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,381)
Chicago, IL
02/02/2018
7:00 pm, BEDN
Providence W 94–63  15–7 (9–2)
Al McGuire Center (2,019)
Milwaukee, WI
02/04/2018
1:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI
Creighton L 73–74  15–8 (9–3)
Al McGuire Center (1,612)
Milwaukee, WI
02/09/2018
7:00 pm, FS2
at Xavier W 80–63  16–8 (10–3)
Cintas Center (1,483)
Cincinnati, OH
02/11/2018
12:00 pm, BEDN
at Butler W 78–59  17–8 (11–3)
Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,317)
Indianapolis, IN
02/16/2018
11:30 am, BEDN
Villanova W 90–69  18–8 (12–3)
Al McGuire Center (2,438)
Milwaukee, WI
02/18/2018
2:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI
Georgetown W 71–68  19–8 (13–3)
Al McGuire Center (2,245)
Milwaukee, WI
02/23/2018
6:00 pm, BEDN
at Seton Hall W 81–54  20–8 (14–3)
Walsh Gymnasium (1,074)
South Orange, NJ
02/25/2018
1:00 pm, BEDN
at St. John's W 76–57  21–8 (15–3)
Carnesecca Arena (1,069)
Queens, NY
Big East Women's Tournament
03/04/2018
12:00 pm, FS2
(1) vs. (8) Butler
Quarterfinals
W 73–61  22–8
Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
03/04/2018
3:00 pm, FS1
(1) vs. (4) Creighton
Semifinals
W 76–70  23–8
Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
03/06/2018
6:00 pm, FS1
(1) vs. (2) DePaul
Championship Game
L 63–98  23–9
Wintrust Arena (2,264)
Chicago, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
(8 L) vs. (9 L) Dayton
First Round
W 84–65  24–9
KFC Yum! Center (7,229)
Louisville, KY
03/18/2018*
11:00 am, ESPN2
(8 L) at (1 L) No. 3 Louisville
Second Round
L 72–90  24–10
KFC Yum! Center (8,017)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Central.

Rankings

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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 17 16 20 23 RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches 19 N/A 20 23 RV NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Preseason Information" (PDF). Marquette University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Marquette Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Marquette Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site". Gomarquette.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2018.